Attachment for slop jars and the like



- C. WEAVER ET AL I ATTACHMENT FOR SLOP JARS AND THE LIKE Filed Feb. '17, 1922 Charles W Weaver. fiiice h. Weaver.

' attozweq 2 a Patented May 22,- 1923.

UNITED STATES PATEN oF IC-E.

CHARLES W. WEAVER AND ALICE H. WEAVER, OE DENVER, CCL ORA DO; SAID CHARLES WEAVER ASSTGNOR TO SAID ALICE H. WEAVER;

ATTACHMENT r03 sror .mns Ann THE LIKE.

Application 'fil ed February 17,1922. Serial no." 537,253.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES W. WEAVER and ALIc-E H. WEAVER, citizens of the United 'States, residing at the city and I 5 county of Denver and State of Colorado,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments --for Slop Jars and the like; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descr ption of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to .the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form'a part of this specification.

This invention relates to means to apjars and SlI111lfll' plied to the covers of slop vessels for the purpose 0 and breakage.

Itis well known are employed, the noise incident to the" removal and the replacement. of the cover be-' comes very noticeable, and where the jar breakage often takes place, owingto the .careless application of the cover to the jar. \Ve have also found that where jars and covers of the ordinary construction are used,

preventing noise 20 of the cover.

-It is the object ofthis invention to provide a means that can bev applied. to the cover of a slop jar or similar receptacle for breakage referred to above, and which will also serve as a seal and produce a tighter joint than with'the ordinary construction.v

In order to more clearly describe our in;

"Fig. 3 shows a transverse section thereof. The same reference numerals will be used .several views. 4 Numeral 1 represents an ord nary slop ar that where slop jars and cover are made'of vitreous material,

odors willescape into the room in .spite the purpose of preventing the noise and way to show the relation of erspective view of theto designate the same parts throughout the having a 'cover 2, to the edge of which our protective and sealing ring 3 has been applied. Our sealing and protecting ring is fmad'e of rubber or other suitable material which has a substantially .U-shaped cross section which adapts it to be applied to the edge 4; of the cover, in the manner illustrated in Fig, 1. The upper side .5 of the ring is narrower than the lower side 6, as

'its only function is to hold the ring. in

place on the cover; however, it may be made as-wide as side 6 or wider, if. it is found desirable to do so. :-'Side' 6 comes in contact with the top of the jar andprevents the coverfrom producing a noise as it is put in place and removed from the jar. The ring 3, being made from resilient material such as rubber, will adapt itself to any minor irregularities'in'the.surface of the jar and form a seal that will prevent odors from escaping from the jar and entering the room. I y I In Fig. 2; we have shown. a' perspective view of our ring 3, and in F g. 3 a. cross .section thereof; these figures are plain and need no explanation. Our ring 3 1s in de somewhat ,shorter than the circumference ofthe cover to which it is to be applied, and requires to be slightly stretched in order to beapplied thereto. The tension in the ring serves t hold it in place on the cover.

Although we have shown'bur protective ring applied to a slop jar, it is evident that it can be used in connection with any similarly constructed vessel where a noise less operation is desired, or where-a.bett er y, sealing action is wanted.

Having nowdescribed our invention, what we 01211111 318 new is- .1. In combination, a vessel, a cover adapted to be applied thereto, said cover having an outwardly extending flange. adapted to contact with the upper edge of the vessel, a resilient ring U-shaped in cross section applied to saidflange and adapted to separate the lower surface thereof from the material a upper edge of the vessel, whereby a seal is seal.

formed. In testimony whereof we afiix our signa- 2. In combination, a vesselfa cover adapttures. 1 5 bed to be applied thereto, said cover having an outer flange and a ring'U-shaped in cross I CHARLES W. \VEAVER. section and composed of flexible yieldable ALICE H. WEAVER. v J

pr lied to said fiange to form a 

